LAUREL COUNTY EXTENSION HOMEMAKER home emergency is fire. 2. Create an emergency plan. Hold a household meeng to discuss how you will respond to a home emergency. It should be clear that all household members will share responsibilies when an emergency occurs. Be mindful of which tasks are age- appropriate for each household member. The following topics should be discussed: How to deal with different emergencies (e.g. fire, flood, severe storm) (Continued on page 6) Home Emergency Preparedness Homemaker Leader Lesson Fires, flooding, severe storms, earthquakes, and tornadoes affect millions of American households every year. Failure to adequately prepare for these emergencies can result in a number of consequences. Proper planning and preparaon will help you to survive. The most important element in preparing your home for an emergency situaon is communicaon. Everyone in your home must be involved and know what to do in the event of an emergency. Addionally, you will want to consider involving your neighbors. In mes of crisis, your neighbors will most likely be the first responders to the situaon. A home emergency plan is the best way to plan and prepare for an emergency. This plan should be clearly communicated to all members of your household and pracced at least once a year. There are four steps that you can take with your family to prepare your home for an emergency: 1. Know what types of emergencies can affect your home. Certain types of emergencies are more likely to occur in specific geographic areas. Regardless of where you live, the number one home cooking again. The class will be taught on Tuesday, March 22nd at 10 AM. All tradional clubs need to make sure that their club is represented. Specialty clubs are welcome to aend also. The Homemaker Leader Lesson for April will be “Cooking for One or Two” taught by yours truly, Judi O’Bryan, County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences. Cooking for a smaller family can somemes be a challenge and we oſten think that we can eat out cheaper than we can cook. This lesson will include ps and tricks to preparing meals so you can enjoy March 2016 200 County Extension Road, · London, Kentucky 40741 · (606) 864-4167 Rail Fence Beginner Quilt March 3 Miracles of Meringue March 3 Cake Decorang 1 March 7, 14, 21 & 28 Spring Clean the Green Way March 8 Made by You March 9 Mug Rug Miniature Quilt March 10, 17, 24 & 31 Let’s Doodle March 10 Advisory Council March 16 RAD March 18 & 19 Cooking for One or Two March 22 MS Excel March 22 & 29 Area HM Council Meeng March 24 The Art of Garnishing March 24 Cung Basics for Quilters March 29
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The Redbud Art Club is one of our specialty homemaker clubs that focuses on developing all forms of art. This group meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 10:00 AM and again on the last Friday of the month at 5:00 PM.
Club members take turns teaching their skills to other members with each month having a different focus. Some of their recent topics have included: pastels, ceramics, gourds, burlap flowers, oil painting, clay pottery, clay lifting, mosaics and decoupage.
Club meetings are held at the Laurel County Cooperative Extension Office. For more information about the Redbud Art Club, please call our office at 606-864-4167.
Saturday, March 19th from 9-
4 PM. Cost is FREE, but
registration is required.
Excel: Getting Beyond the
Basics
Think you have a
grasp on the
basics of building Microsoft
Excel spreadsheets? Are you
ready to move past data
entry, inserting rows and
columns, or only using basic
math functions like autosum
and average? This class will
lead you into the next level of
Excel where you will learn
how to add conditional
formatting, create 3-D
formulas and functions,
manipulate and organize data
by creating PivotTables &
PivotCharts, name cells and
range of cells, and apply
advanced formatting to your
data. This 2 part class will be
taught on Tuesdays March
22nd and March 29th at 6 PM.
Cost is $40 and registration is
required.
Cake Decorating 1
During this 4-
session class
students will
learn how easy it
is to create that
special decorated dessert for
any and all occasions. This
class will be taught on
Mondays, March 7, 14, 21,
and 28 at 11 AM or 6 PM.
Cost is $45 and registration is
required.
Spring Clean the Green Way
It is time to get cleaning and
what better way to do it than
with your own homemade
green cleaning products.
Students will receive recipe
cards and learn to prepare
recipes for everything from all
purpose cleaners to laundry
detergent. This class will be
taught on Tuesday, March 8th
at 6 PM.
Cost is $3
and
registration
is required.
Let’s Doodle
Learn the new
craze of
doodling in this fun and
exciting class. This class is
targeted for beginners but
doodlers of all levels are
welcome. This class will be
taught on Thursday, March
10th at 6 PM. Cost is $5 and
registration is required.
RAD Class (Rape, Aggression,
Defense)
Could you
effectively defend
yourself if attacked? This 2-
session physical defense
program for women offers no-
nonsense, practical
techniques of defense through
awareness, prevention, risk
reduction, avoidance, and
hands-on defense training.
Students will learn to take an
active role in their own self-
defense and psychological
well being. This class will be
taught on Friday, March 18th
at 6 PM and continues on
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Walking for Wellness
8-week, self-paced walking program
April 6 - May 31st
FREE
Sign up your friends, family members, and co-workers and work